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the char-ion of anywhich mayappear in any of The Reporter’s publica-tions will be cheerfully corrected upon be-ing brought to attention of the publishers.Editorials- SWEETWATER REPORTER -FeaturesPAGE FOUR.SWEETWATER, TEXAS.MONDAY, AUGUST 23 1937.Published each afternoon except Saturday:also Sunday morning and its weekly editionon Thursday by The Sweetwater Reporter.Inc. Entered as second class matter at post-office in Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 0, 1920.George Bennitt and Russell Bennitt, Pubs.The New DealIn WashingtonLight u sown for the righteoua andgladnets for the upright in heart. —Ptalma 97,11.Every house where love abides andfriendship is a guest, is surely home, andhome, sweet home; for there the heartcan rest.—Henry Van Dyke.HI, THERE, MACAULAY!WE HAVE YOUR NUMBER!President Roosevelt, with his frequentturnings to classical English literature inhis speeches, is going to give the countr, aneducation in English literature, if nothingelse. He set thousands to thumbing throughMilton when he christened A1 Smith, “theHappy Warrior,” and his frequent quotationsfrom Alice in Wonderland have made him kinto the many people to whom Lewis Carroll isa minor prophet.In taking on Thomas Babington Ma-caulay, as he did in his speech at RoanokeIsland, Mr. Roosevelt is carrying thefight pretty directly into political ene-mies’ camps, for the famous Macaulay let-ter he quoted at great length was widelycirculated against Roosevelt during re-cent political campaigns. Copies of it, inpamphlet and reprint form, were pub-lished as a direct attack on New Dealspending.Those people whose first reaction is toask “Who IS this guy Macaulay?" need onlyto think back to school days to have therhyme come back:“In yon strait path a thousand maywell be stopped by three;Now who will stand on either handand keep the bridge with me?”That was Macaulay, and anyone who hasheard “Horatius at the Bridge” recited bya popeyed eighth-grader will remember him.Macaulay, 100 years ago, was an Eng-lish writer and politician. He was a Whig,roughly equivalent today to a LibertyLeague Republican. He wrote a series offamous essays, and a 20-pound Historyof England that was almost as popularin that day as Gone With the Wind is inthis. Before he was 8 years old, thisprodigy had written a Compendium ofUniversal History, and poems in 12books.Macaulay’s work was so highly esteemedthat he was made Lord Macaulay. Thereseems little doubt that he believed sincerelyin rule by a select, favored and talentedclass; that “pure democracy,” as he calledit, rule by “the poorest and most ignorantpart of society,” was doomed to destroy soon-er or later “liberty or civilization, or both.”"It is quite plain,” wrote OlympianMacaulay, "that your government willnever be able to restrain a distressed anddiscontented majority.” What is not soplain is, what would be the use of keep-ing institutions under which a majoritywere distressed and discontented?Lord Macaulay wrote his famous lettersome 80 years ago. Yet the United Statesgovernment has survived, nossibly becausethere has never yet been a time when themajority of its citizens were distressed anddiscontented.President Roosevelt might even haveadded to his own comment on Macaulayone made by an associate, Lord Mel-bourne, who said, “I wish 1 were as cock-sure of any one thing as Macaulay is ofeverything."* * *French law has met its greatest crisis. Adefendant went on the stand without plead-ing the Unwritten Law.* * *Orthodox economists must be busy figur-ing out why the rising cost of living hasn’tdecreased the demand for it.* * *Until the day of the expositions, the ave-rage person would have looked up “diora-ma" in the medical dictionary.* # *Much of the Far East trouble is tracedto the Boxer rebellion, with a minor flarebackin the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling feud.* * *A bridge expert says there are no naturalplayers. It takes practice to kick the rightperson under the table.* * *In these flays a good diplomat is one whocan resist being talked into an agreement to!,,u' major oil companies.Now, Why Doesn't Somebody Write a Book Like This?WASHINGTON—Less than three years agothe administration fashioned a noose for itsopponents and rebels. Now the same admin-istration has found its own neck in that noose.Away back in republican days the air rang in-termittently with democratic howls in the houseabout the “gag rules,” which were effectivelyadministered by the triumvirate of SpeakerLongworth, Majority Leader Tilson and RulesCommittee Chairman Snell.The old republican rules used to say that thehouse couldn’t even instruct a committee to letloose of a bill except by a majority vote, andin practice this meant that the committee chair-man usually could “pocket veto” legislation ifhe liked, and that practically no “unsatisfactory”measure ever got by Snell.Then the democrats, who had been screamingso loudly, found themselves with a majority in1991 and promptly liberalized the discharge bill,requiring only 115 signatures to a petition toforce a vote.In the next congress democrats were completely in control and under the 145-names ruleinsurgents began to get petitions fin “cash bo-nus” and other bills embarrassing to the ad-ministration. So what did the democratic lead-ership do but jam through a new rule requiringa majority—218 signatures—to discharge a billfrom committee and onto the floor!This bird came home to roost just the otherday when southern members of the rules committee joined with republicans in refusing tobring to the house floor the wage-hour bill ap-proved by the labor committee almost unani-mously and urged by the administration. Itwould have been easy enough to g , 145 signa-tures for a discharge petition, and probably, withenough time, to obtain 218.But the house and its leaders were in themain yearning for adjournment and it wouldhave taken at least a month to get the wage-hourbill to a vote, thanks to other provisions of the“gag rule.”* * *Cool Wage-Hour FightOne does not pretend to believe that the of-ficial house leadership was all hot and botheredabout getting the wage-hour bill out of the rulescommittee or broke their necks in trying. Speaker Will Bankhead and Majority Leader Sam Ray-burn are a couple of southern gentlemen andonly a handful of members from South of theMason-DiXon line favored the measure.The four congressmen credited with blockingthe measure after it had passed the senate andbeen reported favorably by the House LaborCommittee were Rules Committee Members Ed-ward Cox of Georgia, Martin Dies of Texas, Wil-liam Driver of Arkansas, and Howard Smithof Virginia.With The Film StarsFrom the Top of the HillMany uses of silage as a feed .than is used in the dry lot.Combing The CapitolBy l>. B. HlltlHvM.WAUSTIN—Everyone here is relieved that thelatest comic opera of Texas politics is ended.When the State Board of Education met here IFriday with the avowed intention of cutting ‘next year’s apportionment from the originalfigure of $22 hack to $20, the hoarrl did the op-posite.After a few minutes of discussion, the hoardunanimously agreed to leave the figure at $22.And thus was ended one of the most comicalpolitical tangles of recent years.Comptroller George H. Sheppard held the bal-ance of power in every play down the line. First,lie voted witli Governor Allred to cut the prop-erty tax for school purposes down to a 7-centrate. This made the school people plenty mad,but Sheppard had another day in court.Then last week Ben Tisinger, a member ofHie Board of Education got an injunction toprevent Sheppard from certifying the $22 rateas set by the board on July 0.But when the board met here Friday, it wasSheppard’s testimony that turned the tide. Hetestified before a San Antonio court that reve-nues from sources other than the property taxwould be sufficient to pay the full $22. So theboard again changed its mind, left the figureit $22, and most people hope that is the last ofthe comic opera that included four meetings ofthe Board of Education, two court injunctions,i nervous meeting of the Automatic Tax Board,and a lot of political speeches.And the final result is exactly what the Roardof Education asked for nearly two months ago—a $22 apportionment.* * *i SETTLEMENT—Insiders say that the major| >iI companies who are under fire in the $17,000,-000 anti-trust suit started in 1931 by James V.Allred, (hen Attorney-GeneraI, are trying tocompromise the whole suit.Most people thought the suit was dead untilthis spring when the Supreme Court by a unani-mous vote said that the state’s anti-trust lawsare in full effect, and went further to intimatethat the slate has a very strong case againsthave been named but here isa new one that may save money.Silage supplemented with cotton-seed meal is an excellent meth-od of finishing steers, calvesand cows. The ration is simple,easily fed and widely availablewhen grain is hard to get. Steersfinished on the ration have top-ped tiie market after receivinga ration of 1 to 7 pounds of cot-tonseed meal per head daily andall the sumac and feterita silagethey would eat.Excellent, results have beenobtained from feeding steerscorn silage and an average dailyration of 1 pounds of cottonseedmeal per head the first month,5 the second, ti the third and7 the fourth. If the feeding pe-riod is extended for six monthsfor the first month about 8pounds of cotton seed mealshould be used and for the Iasimonth !) io it) pounds will lieconsumed along with 51) to tinpounds of silage.* ♦ *It is more economical to fin-ish steers on grass and pasturethan in the dry lot. An acceptedmethod in this country is to runthe animals on sudan, barley andsuch winter pastures as areavailable, along with a balancedration used in the dry lot andHie animals will top out in lesstime on a much smaller amount.1. F. Duncan fattened steerslast year by running them onpasture of sudan and in hisfields until 30 days before lie ex-pected to top them out then headded the grain mixture and hadtop steers in a month’s time.* * *A small flock of sheep for thefarm may lie used, U>,.make prof-its from land that is worn outor unfit for other livestock orcrops. The “golden hoof” of thesheep has marked the trail toextra profits on many larmsand ranches. They add acres offertility by scattering and tramp-ing in their rich manure on thethinner soils.* * *The farm flock of sheep pro-vides two money crops—wooland lambs- in addition to mak-ing use of the fence-corner andhillside weeds and grasses, ithas been said that sheep willkeep weeds and grass fromcotton. The truthfulness of thisstatement is unknown but ilsounds plausiible. Sheep canlive on pasture that will not sup-port other classes of stock, andare very helpful in cleaningweeds out of pasture. Sheepspread pasture through theirhabit of occupying bare spotswhen not grazing; the manurecovers the land .ami soon thegrass spreads to it.* * *The practice of keeping sheepon farms in small flocks hasnot yet been adopted in thiscountry but we believe in timethat it will lie a common prac-tice on every farm large orsmall. So now is the time for allgood farmers to get a start intiie sheep business.* * *B,v PAUL HARRISONHOLLYWOOD—The most dif-ficult individuals in Hollywoodto interview are: 1—Greta Gar-bo; 2—the wax dummy of Doug-las Fairbanks in the lobby ofthe Chinese Theater; and 3 —Grade Allen.The latter item may come asa surprise to movie and radiofans who have read lengthy quo-tations attributed to Miss Allenon every subject from reductionof the national debt to how tofind a log-lost brother.Such quotations, however, aremere press-agent pranks eman-ating from Miss Allen’s spiritcontrols, a quartet of ghost-writers named George Burns,John P. Mcdbury, Harvey Helmand Bill Burns. Quite often,reading over the tilings whichshe is supposed In have said,Miss Allen expresses astonish-ment and delight at her witless-eisms.Suppose you are a writer, andcall up Grade about an inter-view. She says:“i’l! let you talk to George.”So you talk to George and hesays, "Why. sure Grade will hodelighted! Yes, yes . . .abso-lutely! . . . yes, I understand youwant to talk to Grade . . . Comeright on out.”So you drive to Beverly Hillsand walk through their nicehouse into the patio, and youcome upon Mr. Burns. He wearspajamas, a beret, a cigar and anair of cordiality He says, “Gra-de will he right down. Mean-while, maybe i can tell you ev-erything you want to know.”♦ * *He Cnn Tell You AllWell, you listen to Mr. Burnsand realize that he can, indeed,tell you all there is to he toldabout the life and times of Burnsand Allen. But you happen tobe a stubborn sort of reporter,so you vow that you are goingto interview Grade if it lakes allsummer.So you wait, and fidget, andwatch the lowering sun, and intoyour consciousness drift snatch-es of Mr. Burn’s earnest mono-good the gags were I wrote formyself, she got all the laughs.It’s still that way . . . Here’sGrade now.”* * *And Here <'nines Grade.And there, sure enough, is Mis;Allen. Looks very trim. She says,“Nice to see you again. I knewyou weren’t waiting for me, tic-cause George can tell all aboutme and so much better , too.Have you met our children?“This is Sandra and this isRonnie. Say ‘Hello,’ Ronnie, andshake hands nicely. Sandra say‘Goodby,” and you say ‘Bye-bye’Ronnie. Yes we're going out. I’mlute now. Awfully nice of youto come. Goodby George.”--o-Georgia, leading peanut pro-ducing state, produced 130,500,-oon pounds of peanuts duringi 930.-a.*STORIES INSTAMPS ,pAfcl^ SHOWv/^? The Worldlog: "... .usta dance in vaude-Many southern farmers are I vllle, both of us. But it was guysfinding that a flock of sheep like Astaire that forced me intomeets the need for an addition-al source of revenue during tiietalking for a living.“We’ve got two dance num-"off" season for other money hers with Fred in this picture,crops, and expands the grazing!‘A Damsel in Ditsress.” Itnag-area of their farms. Ine! Anri the funny thing is. the* * * stuff looks pretty good. WeFeeding sheep will increase worked like dogs on it: hired athe wool, according to Walter! piano player and rehearsedKincaid, and also will make nights at home Of course GraSide GlancesBy George Clarkkeep the peace.* * *If Congress hasn’t anything else to do, itmight familiarize itself with some of thelaws already passed this session.* * *Peiping's temples are described as mostalluring in the moonlight, especially to a Jap-anese aviator with a full bomb-rack.Ho the case is due to lie tried this fall or win-ter in a Travis County district court and eitherway it goes, it will surely be carried on to theState Supreme Court, and if the companies lose,they will try to earr.v the fight to the UnitedStates Supreme Court.Reliable rumors say that the oil companiesare trying to compromise the case for a jurigmen! of several million dollars rather thanfighting the whole thing over again, with avery good prospect of losing.lambs stronger. Sheep are goodforagers, they can find a sub-sistence diet on limliM'ed, hillyland or weedy fields.tphey alsomake good use of temporary andpermanent pastures. When thepasture is good, sheep need lit-tle or no additional feed. Sup-pementarv feed is essential,however, to keen them in goodcondition ilnujjg tiie fall, winterThe breed^BFve needs plentty of pasture and roughage. Shealso requires an adequate sup-ply of protein to develop strongthrifty lambs. The ewe can becarried through the winter eco-nomically and safely on 3 poundsof silitgc, 1-3 of a pound of cot-tonseed meal and some poodhay.+ * *Chickens that’molt in July orAugust tire not likely to returnto profitable production. Highfeed prices make careful cull-ing essential to profitable eggproduction. Every day the non-laying hen consumes almost 1-4of a pound of feed. The cost ofthis feed is lost by the flockowner and will not be return-ed by the non-layer. At thepresent price of feed the cullcosts the poultry man 5 cents aweek. This does not include thecost of housing, labor or inci-dental expenses. From these fig-ures it may be seen that thepoultryman can make 5 centsmore each week on each cull byremoving It.During 1986, Ontario was thesource of 51.1 per cent of themineral production of the Dom-inion of Canada.VTHERE the beautiful Seine” curves through the heart ofFrance’s capital, the InternationalExposition of 1937 plays host tothe world today—an inventory ofthe civilization of the present andof the future.More than half a hundred na-tions are represented. Fascismexhibits side by side with democ-racy and the pupal flag fliesacross a court from the Jewishsymbols of Palestine. But thereis something more to this Parisexposition than mere size, andthat is its dedication to the future.In addition to its portrayal of pasthuman progress, it seeks to depictthe world of tomorrow.> Accoi d'iwly each countrv rep-resented tells hip rJutkCeksHo "setthe future fre<^L__, «ji«n dis-ease, from uselcss*ioil, Yrom ex-ploitation of the human being:from ugliness. Here is portrayedthe ultimate in human dreams.But the Paris exposition is more,too. Construction for this showhas modified the face of Paris,touched it up. beautified itAround the picturesque EiffelTower are ranged great halls,museums, amphitheaters. The to-tal ground occupies 247 acres.And the French government hopesthe whole affair will be profitable.The exposition is commemoratedon a current French issue.MJopyrittht. ID37. NBA Serve - Inu *cie usta he a dancer Irish clogstuff—when she was a youg-ster.“Grade will he right down.. . . . Came front a family ofIrish show folks. When she was3 she entertained at a churchsocial and wore a little dresssuit Her grandfather said, ‘Youcan't make money doing whatyou're doing. Learn to dancethe Irish dances and you'll getsomewhere'"Site went over to I Ttion Hill,N. .1., with a girl friend to seemy act. My partner and I were NEXT: v What territory is lastsplitting up He got the friend becoming the axis of Italy's Afri-aml I got Grade. No matter how ian emnlre?This Curious WorldBy WilliamFergusonLEGALDIRECTORYJBEALL. BEALL, YONGE& NEBLETTAttorneys-at-LawDoseher BuildingSWEETWATER, TEXAS“GO abend! lie’ll think be slipped, and then we cun pinywith lltc bouls."MAYS & PERKINSAttorneys-at-Law322-25 Levy Bldg.Sweetwater, TexasFOP. JU5T AN /NSTANT DURINGEACH LUNAR MONTH /f/T/S FULL. O/VUV DURING THE MOMENTTHAT/7S LONG/TUDE O/FFERS BV EXAOTLV /AODEGREES FROM -THAT OF THE SUN.)corn. niM»»i«'.iXn, >nr.LOONSHAVE BEEN KNOWN TOSTAV UNDER WATERE/GHT M/A/UTES/*> ,ASPEN■•QUAKES” BECAUSE OFITS FLAT, SPRJNG-UKELEAF STEMS.ALTHOUGH wc commonly think of the moon as being fullduring an entire day, il truly is full to the observer on earth onlyat the instant when it and tiie sun arc separated by exactly 180degrees. To the casual observer, no difference can be seen forseveral hours before or after this period.